Nauru Government re-elected

The people of Nauru have given their reformist Government another solid majority in the central Pacific country's national election.

President Ludwig Scotty and all his senior ministers have been returned.

Nauru went to polls on Saturday and when the final results were posted last night, the Scotty Government had scored its second landslide in succession.

Only three of the 18 seats in the Nauru Parliament changed hands - and two of those seats were losses for the Opposition.

President Scotty called the election several months early, saying he was seeking endorsement for policies that Australia's foreign minister, Alexander Downer, has praised for bringing order back to government administration on Nauru.

The Scotty Government's strongest critic, former president Rene Harris, won his seat, but he is the sole remaining member of the government he led just four years ago.